Brighton Avenue School

Brighton Avenue School operates as a tight-knit elementary school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, run under Atlantic City School District. Current enrollment sits at 302 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Within Atlantic City School District, which oversees 11 schools and 6,339 students, Brighton Avenue School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brighton Avenue School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 25% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Brighton Avenue School reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Atlantic County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, Brighton Avenue School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.8%; this one delivers 28.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,050, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Brighton Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sovereign Avenue School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brighton Avenue School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.1%.

Brighton Avenue School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Brighton Avenue School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 302). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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